Catalan/American composer Elisenda Fábregas is currently based in Seoul, South Korea. Elisenda's music has been described as passionate, lyrical and sensuous. Her music style is strongly rooted on the European classical music tradition but, as a composer who has lived in three continents, she has a unique voice and style, incorporating diverse influences. Her music has its roots on Catalan lyricism, Spanish passion and rhythmic drive, American eclecticism and, as a classically trained pianist, her music tends towards clarity of ideas and strong voice leading.

The New York Times has praised her for writing with an "imaginatively colored tonal idiom."

Elisenda Fábregas' music has been widely performed throughout the world, including The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C.; Merkin Concert Hall and Joyce Theater in New York City; Bargemusic in Brooklyn; the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society; the Tapiola Sinfonietta Concert Series in Finland; International Music Festival of Sitges ("Concerts de Mitjanit") in Spain; the Bodensee International Music Festival and Sanssouci Musikfestpiele in Potsdam, Germany; United Nations Conference in Beijing, China; La Salle Cortot, Paris; Ibero American Institute in Berlin; and WDR Cologne Radio ("Nachtmusik" live). Her compositions are published by Alphonse Leduc & Cie. (Paris), Friedrich Hofmeister Musick Verlag (Germany), Southern Music Co., and Hidden Oaks Music Co.; her music is recorded on Haenssler Records, Albany Records, Centaur Records, and Leonarda Productions. She has been commissioned by the San Antonio International Piano Competition, Texas Music Teachers Association, Dale Warland Singers, Maria Benitez Spanish Dance Co., Santa Fe Orchestra, Wonju Philharmonic, Opole Philharmonic of Poland, Cassatt Quartet, Marina Piccinini, Meininger-Trio, Eric Himy, Tallon S. Perkes, and by numerous chamber groups and soloists. In 2000, Elisenda received the Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year Award from the Music Teachers National Association in Washington D.C.

Upcoming concerts of Elisenda' s music include two orchestral premieres: the Opole Philharmonic of Poland with Boguslaw Dawidow, conductor, and Roberto Trainini, cello, will perform her Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (2011) on November 25, 2011 in Poland; the Wonju Philharmonic and conductor Young-Min Park will premiere Terra Mater (2011) in Wonju (South Korea) on October 20, 2011. Other highlights include a performance of Voices of the Rainforest (2007) by the Meininger-Trio at MusikfestStuttgart (Germany) on August 31, 2011; and two performances of Goyescas by the Ensemble Gaudi in Maon and Terrassa (Spain). This summer two more works, Goyescas for flute, viola (or cello) and piano (2009) and Gacelas de amor for soprano (or mezzo), flute and piano will be published by Friedrich Hofmeister. The Meininger-Trio will release a new CD on Haenssler Records featuring Voices of the rainforest for flute, cello & piano (2007) as well as music by Chen Yi and Libby Larsen.

Highlights of the 2010 season included a performance of Goyescas for flute, viola & piano at L'Auditori de la Pedrera Caixa Catalunya by Ensemble Gaudi in Barcelona in August 2010; and a performance of Homenaje a Mompou for piano at the Festival of Song in Barcelona by pianist Max Lifchitz in early July. Max Lifchitz did the New York premiere of this work in April. In May, Voces de mi tierra for flute, cello & piano was performed at the Tapiola Sinfonietta Concert Series in Finland. Other performances of Voces de mi tierra took place at Bargemusic (Brooklyn) by the NeoLit Ensemble; at the VII Festival Unicaja -"Las Musicas del Siglo XX-XXI" in Almeria, Spain, by the NeoArs Sonora Ensemble; broadcast concerts in Ontario,Canada, by the Exorior Duo; and over a dozen performances by the Davanti Trio, Terzetta Trio, and Kathryn Master in the US.

Highlights of the 2009 season included the premiere of Gacelas de amor for soprano, flute and piano based on poetry by Federico Garcia Lorca, a work written for and commissioned by male soprano Jörg Waschinski and flutist Christiane Meininger, at the Center for International Light Art in Unna (Germany); Goyescas for flute, viola and piano premiered at the Festival Internacional (Concerts de Mitjanit) de Musica de Sitges by Ensemble Gaudi ; the original score of Goyescas for flute & guitar was written and premiered by Marina Piccinini and guitarist Emanuele Segre at The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society ; and the New York premiere of the Flaming Rock for choir and string quartet by the Cassatt Quartet and Cantori New York.

Highlights of the 2008 season included the premiere of Voices of the rainforest for flute, cello & piano (2008) written for the Meininger-Trio at Nachtmusik - WDR Broadcasting Station in Cologne (Germany) and at the Berlin Ibero-American Institute (in collaboration with the Spanish Embassy in Berlin) and Oro Verde (Tropical Rainforest Foundation); the premiere of theThe Flaming Rock (2008) for choir and string quartet, commissioned by the Allegro-Chorale & Orchestra and the Cassatt String Quartet in Odessa and Midland, TX; the premiere of Homenaje a Mompou (2007), commissioned by Dutch pianist Marcel Worms in commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of Federico Mompou's death, which received multiple performances in Holland and the U.S. in November 2007 and January-February 2008. Other performances in the 2007-08 season included over twenty performances of Voces de mi tierra (2003) by the Murali Trio in Belgium and The Netherlands; The Season Chamber Players in the Northeast, U.S.; Trio Noir in Augsburg, Germany; and The Cactus Pear Music Festival in San Antonio and Boerne, TX. Additional performances by the Toki Ensemble at the Donnell Library Center Auditorium in New York City; the Annabella Gonzalez Dance Company; cellist Larissa Groeneveld in Hollad; St. Bart's Concert Series, NYC; CRR Konser Salonu in Instanbul, Turkey; McGill University in Montreal, CA; National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) in Providence, RI; and concerts in several cities in Germany. In March of 2007 Elisenda was the composer in residence at the Taos Chamber Music Group Concert Series.

Highlights of the 2006-07 season included over thirty performances of Hommage a Mozart, a piano piece commissioned by Eric Himy commemorating the 250th Anniversary of Mozart's birth. This work was premiered at La Salle Cortot in Paris and later at the Norris Arts Center in Chicago; The Music Festival of the Hamptons; Les Moments Musicaux de Notre Dame in Marseille; the KWCMS Chamber Music Series in Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada; Concert Theatre des Varietes de Monaco; the Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts in Muskegon, MI; Soirees Musicales in Dayton, OH; the Embassy Series in Washington D.C., as well as additional performances in Prague, Buffalo, Oregon, Utah, Philadelphia, North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and Texas. Subsequently Hommage a Mozart was recorded by Eric Himy on the Centaur label and it is published by Friedrich Hofmeister Musik Verlag in Germany.

Other performances of Elisenda's music were conducted at the 2006 NATS in Miami; the Chautaqua Institute in NY; 2006 National Society of Composers and College Music Society in Texas; 2006 International Alliance for Women in Music in Miami; 2006 ASTA/NSOA National Conference in Kansas City; Westminster Choir College, NJ; and SOLI Chamber Music Series in San Antonio, TX. Her work Colores Andaluces for cello & piano was premiered at the 2006 Celloherbst Festival in Germany by cellist Francoise Groben and at the CRR Konser Salonu in Instanbul, Turkey, on February 2007.

Elisenda Fábregas was born in 1955 in Terrassa, Barcelona, and received extensive training as a pianist at the Barcelona Conservatory. In 1978, she came to the United States as a Post-Doctoral Fulbright scholar and earned a masters degree from The Juilliard School and a doctorate from Columbia University Teachers College. She began composing at The Juilliard School in 1985, working with several dance companies and choreographers in New York City, including Jerome Robbins, Hector Zaraspe, Janet Soares and Anna Sokolow. Her start as a composer was in 1986, when The Maria Benitez Spanish Dance Company commissioned her to write Reflexiones for solo piano, and was premiered at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C., the Joyce Theater in New York, followed by numerous performances throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe.

As a pianist, she has performed throughout Spain, England, Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, and the United States, appearing in Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Carnegie Recital Hall, and The Joyce Theater in New York City, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., The United Nations Conference in Beijing, The Place Theater in London, Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona, and the Manuel de Falla International Festival in Granada, Spain.

In her New York debut in Carnegie Recital Hall she was praised by Tim Page of The New York Times as having "... fluid technique and a poet's command of musical shading." She has also performed live on WQXR-FM "New York Spotlight", WNYC-FM "Around New York", and the Voice of America.

Elisenda was recently awarded a Doctoral degree in composition at The Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University. Since February of 2010 she is a Visiting Professor at the Chugye University for the Arts in Seoul where she resides.